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Christopher Martínez / Mariana Llanos / Raymond Tatalovich

Impeaching the President: Mapping the Political Landscape in the House of Representatives

Congress and the Presidency | 2021

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Congress and the Presidency

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https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2021.1934186

Ass. Prof. Dr. Christopher Martínez

Temuco Catholic University

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Lead Research Fellow / Co-Leader of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies (ad interim)

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Prof. Dr. Raymond Tatalovich

Loyola University of Chicago

GIGA Focus Latin America | 4/2021

The Political Limits of Presidential Impeachment: Lessons from Latin America

In presidential democracies, impeachment proceedings are an important mechanism for controlling executive powers. GIGA expert Prof. Mariana Llanos and Prof. Leiv Marsteintredet show in the GIGA Focus that impeachment proceedings can, however, also open the door to party-political interests and opportunism.

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Lead Research Fellow / Co-Leader of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies (ad interim)

Prof. Dr. Leiv Marsteintredet

Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

Impeaching the President: Mapping the Political Landscape in the House of Representatives

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Ass. Prof. Dr. Christopher Martínez

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

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